[78-L] Help identifying an artist/tune

[David Lennick]

Totally understandable..every so often I find a record that sounds familiar and 
realize that it was something Bob & Ray used as an introduction or used to play 
with sound effects or laughter over top.

dl

Andrea Walsh wrote:
> OK, thanks.  I'm on a quest for that Victor now.  Yes, just because it's so
> corny and something about that "collector instinct" in me is urging me to go
> find it and own it, after hearing the Hawthorne-talked-over version for so
> many years.  You guys all understand, I'm sure.
> 
> Thanks again-
> 
> Andrea
> 
> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:03 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
>> He rerecorded Melody of Love (Why I Love You) along with a few other
>> readings
>> in August 1948, with organ accompaniment, and these came out on 78s, 45s
>> and a
>> ten-inch LP on MGM. There was also a Christmas record in a special
>> envelope. I
>> know I have at least one twelve-incher (maybe two) of him but obviously
>> they're
>> on other labels...they're likely in the "stuff I've picked up in the last
>> 15
>> years and haven't filed" section.
>>
>> Also, we've been misspelling it..it's MacCormack (Rust shows McCormack).
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Bud Black wrote:
>>> Franklyn MacCormick also recorded "The Ship That Never Sailed" backed by
>>> Billy Vaughn's orchestra.  I believe the label was DOT, and the record
>> came
>>> out sometime in the early or mid fifties.
>>>
>>> Bud